Something AMAZING happened at my home this week… a major milestone was reach…one that I thought would never come….MY BABY IS POTTY TRAINED!!! and he did it all by himself!!
I was gonna wait until he reached that two and half mark (in a few weeks) to start this process. I had all the stickers, charts, the works!! Well Mook-Mook literally woke up and said “pee pee in the potty” and he’s been using it faithfully ever since!! He even wakes up in the middle of the night to tell me has to go potty.
Ahhhhh I’m beaming! I’m so proud of my boy and the realization that he will not be 20 years old and still in diapers. I HAD to celebrate! I wanted to throw a party!!! One with streamers, balloons, and a potty theme…oh I had it all planned out but then I realized that it was a bit much, just a bit though.
Instead I decided to make him a special little treat. Something different. Something that I knew would bring a smile to his face. RAINBOW CUPCAKES!! This rainbow cupcake recipe produces a bright, fluffy, & light vanilla flavored cupcake that is lightly sweetened. I frosted it with cool whip and it made for a quick, easy and special little after nap snack!
These cupcakes would go great for a carnival themed party. I can’t help but think of clown hair when I eat these. You could also use a white boxed cake for this. To make tie-dye cupcakes, lightly swirl the batter with a knife.
The Recipe
Rainbow Cupcakes for My Little Mook-Mook
By Divas Can Cook
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- food coloring- blue, green, orange, red, yellow
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, & salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, sugar, oil & vanilla, until combined.
- Add the dry ingredient to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Divide the batter up into 5 bowls.
- Add a few drops of food coloring into each bowl until the colors are vibrant.
- Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
- Layer the colors in the muffin tin starting with blue then, green, yellow orange & red. Do not try to smooth the batter. Use a swirling motion to layer the colors.
- Cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
Made these but with different colors and they were awesome
This recipe is amazing so moist. I skipped the food coloring and just did vanilla. I wanted to know is there any way to adapt this into strawberry cupcakes?
I imagine that adding strawberry puree would do the trick, plus it would give it a light pink hue
Question, if I add a little more flour do you think they will be less dense? I made them yesterday and they were heavenly. I’d like it a bit less dense though.
Oh my gosh! These are the bomb. I made these for my daughter’s they loved them and we call them after the flood cupcakes because God made the rainbow afterwards. Gotta give you credit tho Monique these cupcakes were a great idea.Thanks!
Can you make these in cupcake liners?
Made 9 cupcakes total but came out really big ones you can probably make 12 if you want smaller ones
I’ve been wanting to make these cupcakes. And i finally did today! It’s a winner brightened my day and my son’s too with all the colors????????????????????????????????
Hi there….I have been looking all over for a decent vanilla based cupcake and finally I don’t have to search anymore. These cupcakes came out nice and moist. I used vanilla bean paste instead of the vanilla extract. I will be using this recipe for my twins birthday this week. Thank you for such a easy recipe. For those wondering how many cupcakes you get out of this… I made 13.
How many cupcakes does this make?
Please someone reply ASAP.
my sister’s bday is in 3 days and i wanna make these for her but i don’t know how many cupcakes this recipe makes.
I used this recipe for a vanilla cake without the color and it was delicious! Thank you so much for this recipe.
Can you use cake flour instead of all purpose flour for this recipe ?
Hey there! I loved your red velvet cake. So i am now baking this beautiful rainbow cupcake. I had a few questions:is there any reason butter is not used in both recipes, only oil? I use a hand whisk-if using oil, can i ingore the principles of folding, mixing fat and sugar seperately, sieving dry ingredients etc?
Oh i love these! Just tried this today sooo yummy! I wanna make more 🙂 i’m a newbie in making cakes. If i’ll make more of these let say times 2 do i need to double the dose of each ingredients? Thanks
Diva you’ve done it again!!! I made this tonight and immediately made another batch. I made mine strawberry, using Watkins brand flavor. I also did not have any buttermilk on hand so I used my skim milk and added not quite a full tablespoon of white vinegar. They came out super moist and had a lovely dome on them. My husband, kids, cousin, and neighbor loved them. I will definitely be making these again.
9 days later and now I am making 36 for co-workers. I love this recipe
What an amazing cup caks! I have also never made a dessert from scratch and am super proud they turned out great! I’m so excited to see the look on my nephew and nieces faces when they see this beautiful coloured rainbow cupcake!
Thank you for sharing this!
Do you have an easy make recipe for colored macaroons?
i’ve tried it yesterday, it so simple and so so good, thanks Diva for sharing the recipe.
Erin
What kind of flour?
All purpose probably….Do you cook at all Angela
I also love the music and the videos u make…thanks Diva
Awwww congrats…you are so creative , they look so pretty…thanks Diva
me and my kids love these cupcakes so good.
Monique! You have did it again girl…
I absolutely love this recipe. I had to make a second batch because 9 just wasn’t enough for my family. I have a 13 month old and he was more facinated with the colors than taste.
My 11 year old twins LOVED them!
Thanks again and keep ’em coming,
Sabrina
You have created a rainbow cupcake monster over here LOL! This has got to be the easiest scratch cake recipe in the world. I have added rasberry flavoring to mine, making Rasberry Rainbow Cupcakes for my niece's birthday for her class! I also sprinkle white crystal sanding sugar on the top to add a littele bling:) AND, my niece is also in the youth auxillary for my sorority, so for her meeting, I added blueberry flavoring, left half of the cake mix white, and made the other half blue…making blue & white Blueberry Swirl Cupcakes! Then I frost those with white icing and sprinkle them with blue sugar. These came out great too. Thanks so much for this fabulous recipe!
I made these the same day i saw this recipe….and OMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. they were ::::::: suppperrr fancy!!! love love loveeeeee. lol, i have never made a desert from scratch. thank you sooo much for this recipe the fam loves them. and my husbands in the military and he wants me to make them for a bake sell ( so he can show them off lowkey) lol. thank you sooo much 😉
wow this is very unique, youre the best! im definately going to try this. i cant thank you enough for this blog. muah thanks a bunch!!!!!!!!!!!!
I made this with my son the day I saw the recipe and HE LOOOOVED IT! lol My son is 4 years old and always wanting to try new things so this was great for him. Super easy and tasty. Even my man and his boys had some. Picture grown ass men eating rainbow colored cupcakes!
congrats!!!